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"111 , 1ER1C,.1N PAPERS.. SENATE.--WAsHlNG'istm .qu'y, Nov, 30, Mr. COOK.' 'observed ; that the House had been some time in . Session, and had done nothing, on the great national question forwhicb they had altsembled. Sitme'were in want of the information ,necessary, , and some perhaps of the disposition to aEt. For the purpose of gaining that information, he submitted the following Resolutions -1. ,Resolved, That the Secretary of the Navy be direEted to lay before this Housee statement of the number of Frigates and other armed' Vessels compos, ins 'the Navy of the United. States, distinguishing those in a6nal service from those in ordinarpand those in want of repairs, the sums neeeirary to put them to gtual service, and the time' necessary fOr making such repairs. . Resolved, That the Secretary of the Navy be diretied to lay. before this House, a statement of the number of Officers and men respe6tiveli, belonging to the Navy of the United States and the Marine Corps. Reiolved, That the Secretary of 'the Navy,be direded to lay tiefoie thi's House a statement of the, sminber at' Officers and men "NO may be , necessary to man the whole and entire, l force•of the ,United States, including Gnn-boats ; and an estimate of the, expetice necessary to keep dim in aaultt s'er'vice during one year. 4. Resolved, That the Secretary of the -,Navy be' diretled to lay before this House, a statement of the quantity, quality, and present ,state of the timber and other materials belo'nging to the United States, now on hand, and the purpbses for whicl s i spell mp terials may be suited. Mr. Statue wished the dentleman . testate the - objet of the reOotutions; and Whether the building of a Fleet was to follow. A report was on .the ta- ble, which.was a part of the system of 'defence now in contemplation. He thought it best to do one thing at once; he therefore moved to postpone the further consideration of the resolutions until this day week. Mr. COOK was surprised to find' any ObjeetiOn to the Resolutions they merely went to request in formation uccessary for the House 'to have. There was nothing in them about increasing or dedreallitlg the Navy. He thought we had slept long enough : he feared we alight sleep the sleep of death. Mr. Mitalott thought the 'Motion of his Col- league (Mr. Saillie). very extraordinary.' • Not With, standing the Gentleman's great antipathy. to a Navy, • he was surprised that ..he should be unwilling to grant the House the infortnition now requited.-- - p Whether the Navy ' was to be increased or annihi n . laced, it was necessary tbr. the Hense to liosse's.stli!l information requested in the Resolutions. He -be"- Loved there were not ten Gentlemen on the flodr . who knew the present, situation of our naval affairs, bow many vessels were in.etnal service, how many were in ordinary, or how. many were."rotting . It had been said on the last day the House were in session, that we were on ibe,,eve of a war; he bd. lieved one Gentleman had 'Said, that ... We 'were aaually at war, In this situation, a Gentleman ;.:ornes forword and ~.objeas to the call. for necessary • a )oforrnation respeaing the present state of . our de . zlence; . and partieularly when the r winter was, ap proaching, at which time die difficulty of reptdring our vessels greatly increased. Mr. Momman said the House hadbrti' l a month in session, and had done 'nothing, altitoisiti•the. ...tion was continually looking, up, to • therißotise for .a teething to be done. Ho hoied the llbt se,would Immediately proceed to the . defence or the 14atioti• Look at the preparations in Canada and Nova Scotia, where Troops have arrived,.'and others'ale expi4ed • Twenty thousand. men,, were said to be destined . 'for South America, when they might la faa.be des tined far the West' Indies,; 'and fourteen-Sail of the Line were said to be destined for the. West Indies, when tit -A6t they. mighk to blockade our .own ports. • Mr. DANA said that the bbje& of theltettnlutions ilea merely to gain official , information ; he thought them important, as our affairs were certainty in a very delicate situation.' Some- Gentlemen had said that we were on the eve of a war if so, we should lour* know our means of , defence: lf it Was im proper in the house to know the - means, it was im ;Proper in the President to commend the subject to their consideration. • 4.1,c Mr. SMILIE said, that if the Gentleman from New -York (Mr—Mumford) suppcised'that ho was _ opposed to putting the Country in a state of de fence, he was incorrea; he thought that in our present critical situation, we ought to proceed as if we were atually at war. But he did not think that Fleets were the best mode of defence; he believed that our Ports and Harbour&ought to be fortified. Mr. Srnilie's motion to postpone was ` lost. Mr. Coosc said, he consented to withdraw the first Itesolution, as it api eared the House had received a letter from the Secretary of the Navy, gillng the information required by it buthe hoped the House would adopt the others: . The question was then taken on .the three reniairk ing Resolutions and they were agreed to. NEW YORK, Dtcb S. ,From the National Intelligeneer of the 30th ult.] Posyscitirr. - -We learn that our Government ye ceived no letters from Mr.'Moratos by the British Packet lately arrived. lt Was before 'known, that on' the 7th of September, Mr, Mobiaot addresse4.l, note to Mr. CiNwitiO, iu consequence of his in- . struefions by the Reilenie,: complaining of the ag gressiOn . on *the Chesapeake,. calling on that Go vernment for reparation of the wrong, and for a final discitsion and understanding on their claim to take whomsoever they chase to call their seamen, Wheriter found ; and assuring him at the same time, that he was authorised to concur in ar-' rangeinents - liberally calculated' to take - away all groUnd 'for that praaice. It is now rumoured that the answer was, that by the President's Proclaina- tion,' we bed. taken the buiiness of satisfaaion for the aggression on the Chfi s upeake, so far into ..our own liana ; that still, however, the British Go vernment was - ready to 'enter into n discussion of thit aa, if it could :be done separately,' leaving. their general claini . to Andre negociatio l n .; but as Mr. MoNuog considered himself unantherised to settle this as septately, tint Oov . iiiimenritrould enter with him . .into no explanations concerti ing it, but would send 3 NliniSter' to this place: for that special purpose. Whether this is a. pure manoeuvre, to avoid 'a settlement, and lose the spbjeet, altogether in the endless. tnazes of. peiociati9n i is to be judged of by the promptitude or the delay of thii In the. mean time our peace is left at the mercy of their Officers, whose interest and wish is war with all mankind ; and how can it be pretended that the subjeashave - rso connbaliOn ? They-claim a right to take those whom tliey call their s'eatheti—(and und6r that cover ours also) Wherever they can find theni, even without their own jurildiaion: And Is t % Their Officers are in the daily, pra&ice of taking them from on_beard our Merchant Vessels, mid with theni many. more of : ours than of theirs. 2. They have repeatedly done. the same in foreign ports and countries, pariicullrly itt Canton, in Lis bon, and now lately in Madeira, - going ashore and seizing them in the streets and houses of the place. 3. In the instance now in qUestion, they have ex tended it,to the taking them by force from our na tional armed Ships. And '4. The next step may be to patrole - by thc,ir press-gang's, the streets of New. Yo k and Norfolk and take froM thence all those who may suit them; their principle % evidently goes :to that extent. ls it then sufficient . to receive satii- Saaion for an aa done under one particular branch of this abuse, without any assurance that it will not.. be repeated .the nexti day Under the others ? .Cer .tain .is there never' can . be friendship, nor even a continuance of peace, with England so long as no American citi7.en.can leave his • o.wn shores without danger of. being seized by the first British Officer he meets, and made to serve 49 common seaman on board their ships of war : and equally so, that if the general question 'is not set. fled now, we may,. give,it up for ever, and let our citizens understan4 that they are abandoned by their Countiy, to the 'Unbridled powet of every British. Naval Commander. , 1 ' The Glmjaec4n trading Ve.Ssel, between Liver pool. and' Londonderry, was wrecked and totally lost in the late gales, and all on board perished.— A: trunk, with Brigadier-General SPENCEIes [mini; 'upon it, washed on ihe coast of the Isle of Angle. sea, and proteded by Mr... JON us, Agent ,to the Earl.of thetttnos,, hat ascertained ttio melancholy fate of this Wessel, vin hoard of which it :is feared there were a number of passengers. The whole of Brigadier-General Svpicares baggage, and also of his' family, was shipped on board this Vessel at' Liverpool, to a very considerable amount, and not insured. `Yesterday. a, Vessel . arrived at Gravesend from Holland, but brought no intelligence of import ance. Recent aoeounts• from Dantzic state, that t 5,000 French •troops still remain in that, city-and its neighbourhood.-,„ The King of ruins' A has not yet removed from.iletnel.—.A scarcity of provisions .is yery severely felt at Dantzic. It is laid that ,gout ,si poundS of a very coarse kind of brown bread costa tilere, and in other parts of Prusiaot least two shillings., •• cATALANI.--thaugh the admirers of music,. and . the frequenters of the Opera House may regret that this Performer . has.thought proper to relinquialt.her .engagement, yet it must b e grat if y i ng to all, people of - good sense, Who .duly ,reflea upon the situation of the Country.—We are at this. time suffering under beavyburthens, rendered, however, absohne. ly necessary, by► the, ambition and the ImappeaSable malevolence of the Enemy, and therefore it wai im possible to hear,. without. strong sentiments of regret., of the enormous sum which was to 'be-paid tO this Performer, amounting, if w e may trust . rep or t, o no t less than five thousand poundS' for the season and two Benefits besides, which were to be guaranteed to the extent of a thousand pounds each 'This would be a monstrous sum in the Must secure and tranquil times, even if given to a native of our soil, merely for singing; but , when intended for • a Foreigner,. to be eventually spent - in the Country of our bitterest Enemy, such .an extravagant reeorn pence might indeed • well be Aviv - frilled as a proii national follY, at this awful and al..rtning 4 a o p • TO ,TAt MILDIOILY OF TIIE NOEL DEStisIFAN, Esg. QUESTION OF THF, SL/IP:F. AGITATED IN JAMAICA. The , . proceedings of the AsseMblyof Jamaica have , been so warm, qed theres Ult so interesting,' that we chink it will be acceptable to oer Readers, particularly .‘,. to all those who feel, in common with us, a lieely' zeal in maintaining the cause of human freedom against slavery, to haVe a short detail of The mlee- ' The Assembly met ore the eeel of Septembo, •The speech 'of his Honour the Lieutenant-Go. veruor was in the usual stile, and contained nothing particularly important., Heearneaqeahorted thetn ' to make exertions to depend as little as possible for provisions on tbreign supply ; and he, concluded ,with stating the arduous struggle in which the Em pire.waa engaged, and declared' that he expetted 'from them all.that could be etfetied by pi blic spirit, united exertions, and the =rake of individualinter ests to the general weal. This Speech was 'referred to a Committee, and the Report thereof was . cenemitted to a Committee . of the whole Howie. • , In the meantime they appointed a Committee of , the wole. House tn. inquire into, and take into con sideration, the State of the Island. - ' , ‘ This Committee was immediately formed, Mr. MUMMY in the Chair, and the Hoese,being mann-- ed e he made a Repert, " That it be reCotemended " to the House to appoint a Seleel Contmittee to ite. " quire into the eifeals of eteleet ofesthe imperial; " Parliament of the United Kittgdote, entitled, Au • ' Mt for the Abolitiou of the Stave Trade,' as to the " proprietors, inhabiteuta, And.olllttri essentially in ",terested in the welfare and prosperity of this Island ; ".to strife whit' resourees Trelletill tor a ppßeat ion ~ " and what Newt; eau be sebstiteitel in lice of these " of which the operation of this Aet of Patliament " have deprived use and to endeavour to point out what measures the House can resort to in relief, " or itt alleviatiou, of the grievances and los'aes there-' ', by inflided." • , Mr. Murphy, Mie Whiteberee, Mr. Stewart, ei TrelaWneye Mr.' C. Grant, Mr. Stevenson. Mr. , Taylor, Mte Shand; Mr. Lewis, and Mt. Petry,. were .appelnted a Committee for. that purpose, and . they had power to sentLfor persons, papers,, and re cords. ~, . The HOUSe then proceeded in. ordinary busi ness ; appointed- all ,ite Committees,. brought in se-: veral bills, and among others appeinted a Committee to prepare and bring; in a Bill to prevent preachiuge and teaching by pereons net duly qualified ;eandeo restraireMeetings of ..dangerous nature, on pretence of attendihg such ,pesaching and teaching. On the e-ttli, a Motion was amide, that the Prin ter of the(House doforthwith print fifty. Copies' of theA6t of,theimperial'Perliemenefor the Abolitiou of the. Slave Trade; Passed the 26th of March last, for the use of the qembers Of the Legislature. A dtibite hereon ensuiug, and the question being put, the: House divided, ,Ayes le—Noes 30 : so it was resolved in the affirtnative. After this, viz. on the 25th of September, the Hottie presented an Aaldress to • the' Lientenent.Go peece, WAX._ was ao echo vernor, in answer to his-a I Ii h thereto, but with a short amendment, resectitingehe new and peculiar distressis of the Colonies . • • The same day the Governor, in a message, trans-. mitted copies qt' papers end documents relabel,; : to the disturbances in the parish of SeGeuree. be the eeth an address was voted to hint, thauking him in. the most - loyal terms for Ilia constant solicitude tor, the selety of the Island; and they ordered'a bill to manumize two Ilegro443 j , at his reqaest,•aeltu hat!' dile,- covered the conspiracy. . . On .the I nth of o&ober Mr. Murphy, .limonite Committee,' made the . first Report on the el:tuning `consequences apprehended from the Abolition Ant; '[This we have already presented to. our Readers] it was reported to a Committee of the whole, How ie , ,A Bill,fur the prote6tiou, subsisting,, clothing , and• for the . better order and government of Slaves, was introdtteed Into the 'House, and read. • . 2lst 06tober the Bill to -repeal 'sewed Acts re- speeling Sieves, to declare Skives assets fer payment of debts and legacies, ned in what netteter they shall descend and be held as prupeoy, and be-sold and conveyed in certain .eases,, was ,read a second time , and committed. , • - • . . ~ On the ead 06tober it was ordered that the; Re port of the Comteittee on the Abo l ition Bill should be taken into ciinaideration'on Wetinesdey the eerie 'A. must violent.debate took place, and lasted or two days, the !Alai and 29th bf October, in the course of which such high t'ords (ice:whet between Mt . Sh'ands and Mi. Stewart thet a duel enacted,. Mr. Sliand , was-a warm advocate tor Maintaining the Abolition, as ordered by the United l'erliament ; Mr. Stewart was equally Warrreagentit the tlik:tl4i•,•. • Thek met, and were both wounded : Mr. Sleuei slightly in 'the shoulder ; :bat Mr-. Stewart re.:,:i% ~ , t a dangerous wound in the thigh, but he was pee -1 flounced to be out of dettger. The . St: jii srn, de in ?A v. Gettette alltlQUllC . e's sue report in the following words e-- . • We hope these Resoltrtioos, and the dire ne cessity Which h as ' " cli ' i "° (14"; may 4" d'll ' ' into The minda of 'his , Mejeaty'3 411inistet'. tilit.l induce them to adopt such measures as may re-. liev'e this loyal Cdony from 'the opyreis , itins it hJi 1 sunk'under. The Ate:l°4ll4in concerti t he , vly ,of , the trpope is the ittevitablt! constlnence of ti.,, SMITHFIELD MARKET, lAN. Li want of means to continue it ~, •es it is ..I 111:1, mho', unless some retnedy.is Applied "to our 'melt:vitt, Thift:dity's market stiforded but a scanty supply it would be impossible' for elan' ke-• 111 of different kinds of Cattle ;' Beef and Pork tupport t •le . e' ;;• • 2 ' Lll )''' "L. : '° , , busy wailing, udder exison4 ctrcutostancvN, to, rid .le last prices; Mutton is cheaper; Veal is dearer, and the, esual sepelieu. Of the tnerittaticei of t lie lye e 1.,. the trade was somewhat flat. ,The saleile the ii.ty- Of this . fsland to support.the intere4i • • of tit - e eai j e l :.;) ( i . market were not lively; Straw and Clover obtaireel Sette - 'lt ' . 'I, an to et/MOH - tem oyal attachment to .1 , s se better prices than Mondafs market; Haysold at last prim—The undetemeetioncd ' prices and Mlrnbcrs vercign, long 6clierience.l 11 . I I i las ;:',l no too ft :we It , is, ,n . i . vi we - luckily vOr)sideration, intim present are an accurate statement : , -. ', . : To sis,k. the HUM per stone of pt N._ alarrithy; situation of ,We world, den they show(l, by'llifritcessary. ilkimi t . and itnpalitle tneastues, to,; Beef 45.: ea, to 4s. od.—Muttort 0. mt. togs. 4c1....;;V cal -,,,„4„,.6d to s e, ,i l l7 . l di l it di k A HlTh r, 6s. &I. to 7s. 6t1.--Lunb as. od, to Os. otL-ork ss, oct. to ' '"', `-- --- - a - ----"`" Os; ott. • ' • • - • i " The Slave Trade beiiv abolished .how im L 44 _ . Pinta' Wealth and Qrandeur meet the common doom, The pliant Arts adorn the stately tomb ; , • Plant roCnd the place the cypress.and the bay, 1 nil tancy,iddis the tributary Jay . : Designad to bid the votive stout declare The knowledgiovisdoin, vir ue, bury'4 there.- !knee, genii - ons bassstrAts', thy friends can pay A ctfady hoinage . to thy honeyed eI4Y • 'Tis , o'nly by traniterring•Fl4l's strains To :nark the sepulchre:4f thy .remains, And ail who knew thy merits will agree The tlatt'ry'schang!‘l to trnth, apply'd to Thee. ijSRIONS 'FOR JiINUARY. (FRO 5i . I.ai .BELGE'ASSESIALHO A 14loarri NG DR RI3.—A round cambric gown, a walking lerigth,with snort futl sleeve, and puckered ealti; buttoned or laced down.the back, and made high. round the neck,. with a full frill of lace. A, Military stook, edged round the chinwith the same. A figured Chinese scarf, the colour American green, twisted round the figure in the sty lea antique drapery. Melon bonnet the $41110tolour; stripcci, andirimined to correspond with the scarf. flair in irregitiac curls on the forehead. Ear rings of gold or topaz. Lois York tan, or Limerick gloves, above the elbow. Slippers of yellow morocco. This, dress, divested of the bonnet,. is consiticted genteel neglig6 for any penod Of the day. A MOANt e riG WALKING, OR CARIVIAGE DRt;3.—A 'simple breakfast robe of I ntliatt muslin or earubri::, with plain high cothis and long sleeve. Plain- thettrlsaire front, nuttoned down the bosom. .A Calypso v%, rap of morons . velvet or kerseymere, Minuted' entirely round with .white ermine or swansdown. 4441 hanging sleeve suspended, front the back, and failing over the left ahoulticr, terthinat ing in a round, point belobv..the elbow. This ornament is lined throughout with skin the same as the trimming. A mountain hit of white Imperial beaver; or fur, tied under' the chin with a iihband the colour of the coat. Gloves and shoes of American gICCII.Or butt. erotic hair, confined , with tolitand, and culled over the left eye. A BALL DRIES!, IN PARISIAN STYLII.—A lit-nn robe and petticoat, of white nr coloured) satin, made quite plain. Armorial vest of white satin, beaded in gold unties. A cestus a- la-Cleopatra, composed of wrought gold and amethysts. Hanging sleeve, gathered in front of the arm, whit brooches of the saute. 'lite hair confined froth the roots; the ends Bowing in regular curia, leaving the forehead and temples, exposed. Art iiidiati Cascitie at tissue, with - amethYst ornaments. -A long veil. ot gosartmergattae,.rounde fr at the end, and embroidered delicate border of silver ? 'or • silk, flowing from the Centre of the crown, Over the right shoulder, and . forming a drapery in, front uf. the flAure by the attitude of the left hand. Par ear-rings of amethyst or pearl'. Necklice of kart, with ArnerilySt star In the centre.. White satin slippers, elii.Wtll4lth silver beading, and white kid gloves abo;ie the elboW. • . . • , . About a fortnight since, a Banker,. who , resides Within i a few ruilei.of Shrewsbury, ca,stied a bill fOr 4001, for a sttangei . ; soon after, on refle&ion, he thought he . had done wrong, and had not taken snifiCient precaution:: He went m pursuit of the Mani When he learnt that he, with a companion, had j tut left t he town for Shrewsbury in'a post-chaise. Having an excellent horse, he had him.saddled, and rode off with all possible speed towards Shrewsbury : after riding a few miles he carne up with the chaise and stopped it, and told the person whom he had cashed the bill for, that he had made a mistake;and wished to rectify it,. The person in the chaiie pro , posed that they Should meet at an Inn ; in Shrews bury to setticrthe besiness, which the Banker agreed to, and he rode onto Shrewsbury before the chaise, where he remained impatient for the'arrlval of the . strangers ; the flint: having considerably elapsed since the•chaise ought to have arr . iVed, he mounted his horse again,. and. set - off to meet them ; after : , riding several miles, he came up Co s the chaise, and' found it empty, and on its return, hoMe ; he ee 'euired -of the driver 'What had become of his pas- setioers ? who ri plied, that soon atter he gOt out of sight with his.horse, they got out . of the -chaise, and walked across the'country ; this convinced him that they had net Caine honestly by the'. bill. He gave an alarm, • and having•employed several 'people to go in pursuit of them, they were at length over taken and secured ; anti not being able to account, in a satisfaaory manner, how they heciurie possess ed of the bill, or to give a proper account of them. ;selves, they were detained in Shrewsbury .gaol ; ,entl,.an tracing the bill, it proved to be the proier ty of Mr; Frt.t.owes, a Gentleman of Kent, who was in .London on Lord Mayor's Day, atAi bad! his pocket picked of that, and other bills and notes, to the amoent of 14001,—Mr. Fct..Lowei has attended' at Shrewsbury, and identified the bill. 'The fellow who got the Banker to cash it, - proven to be one Of the oldest Londen pick-pdckets, and; in WI, 'a' ge neral thief and receiver of stolen goods • -for upr . wards of thirty years, of the name of John Pullen. It has not 'yet been ascertained who his companion is but he is supposed to be one of the notori ous game S gaog. There is hardly any subjea which has admitted of more different opinions, than what ought to be the construtlion o 1 a Lottery Scheme. Numerous ad venturers think, that it should abound with very great Prizes; many others, that it ruld possess a considerable number of middling pitals, such as Prizes of 10001. and 5001.; and others, that littlo loss' ought to be sustained by an acquisition of the lowest Prizes. Extraordinary to say-41m present Scheme meets all these opinions, and with Not Timm, Blanks to a Prize, its success, therefore, is-evident. 55a. —Sheep 90. Pigs 200.. 'lay 31. 04. 13 Si. IoS. ed..— ClO-Ver 41. 08., ocl. to 61. os. otl—Straw 11. la s. ad. tq 2/. 2s. oil. Alajesty to recruit his black troops ? llot this is little to' 1:1'e tegretfeci, consiaeriog the had policy ql' that measure, When a Plant/A . purt...hases CORWEXCUANOR, fresh arrivals of WheatlO-day are but feW, the supply at hand short, and the sates fluetuate but little in price ; there ar e several fresh airivels of 'Batley, which is dull sale, and rather cheaper, White Pease likewise ; Ileans, of the two , descripliaus ar3 , but Cute ; there are not inany o,its, at hand, but several cargoes are ati:i this trade, rather - lover Flour with., .out he generally manages to ttik,T on equal ta t u t b 4r of males and fetnalesi but Clovetrnment buys only moles, and attempts to confine, ptlrhaps ow' men, t 7 fl lArrack, without a WOlll4ll Zitioug.thenl. js 614 1 1D/stem didiated by tjte t'gellu4i of humanity to men accustotima to polygamy ? is it nut tho vo,vst species' of slavery ? Or if' the go. to 1,1: e \\is who Inttst they 40 ? Aud whcret tto:. 111‘11 tt,(4 to illevt them ?"., ; N ' 1 F..' ,~ • i 14 • h